Delhi’s east civic body proposes regularisation of contractual junior engineers

Satpal Singh, EDMC’s leader of the House, said that he had proposed the regularisation because contractual junior engineers are working like their regularised counterparts but earning less

The standing committee of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), on Thursday, passed a proposal for the regularisation of its contractual junior engineers.

Vikas Anand, the EDMC commissioner, said that the requisition for the regular appointment of the junior engineers in the corporation has already been sent to the Delhi subordinate services board (DSSB). (Representational image)

Satpal Singh, EDMC’s leader of the House, said that he had proposed the regularisation because contractual junior engineers are working like their regularised counterparts. “For the same job, they are getting much less salary than regularised junior engineers. To end this discrimination, we have sent the proposal to the commissioner,” he said.

When contacted, Vikas Anand, the EDMC commissioner, said that the requisition for the regular appointment of the junior engineers in the corporation has already been sent to the Delhi subordinate services board (DSSB). “The DSSB will make the appointments of the junior engineers as per the stipulated norms, which do not have any reservation for contractual appointments currently. However, they may get some age relaxation in the selection procedure,” he said.

Meanwhile, in another proposal, the standing committee said that the erstwhile unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi had reduced its employer’s share, in the new pension scheme, from 14% to 10% for some of its employees. “Since all employees are equal before their employer, we have proposed the reinstatement of the corporation’s contribution to 14%, so that they can avail of more benefits after their retirement,” the leader of the House said.